Chef in a Box (Oct. 21, 22): Tandoori Fusion Indian Kitchen & Bar, featuring GM Praneeth Kumar

Chef in a Box (Oct. 21, 22): Tandoori Fusion Indian Kitchen & Bar, featuring...

Tandoori Fusion Indian Kitchen & Bar is next for APRON Inc.’s Chef in a Box promotion, but first the bigger picture.  Food & Dining Magazine continues to preview the forthcoming Chef in a Box offering. It’s a tasty fundraising project dating to the summer of 2020, benefiting APRON Inc.’s ongoing grant program. The Chef in a […]

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Hip Hops: Louisville Beer Week, Wetherspoon silence, Holy Grale’s Kölsch and s’more-infested hokum

Hip Hops: Louisville Beer Week, Wetherspoon silence, Holy Grale’s Kölsch and s’more-infested hokum

October 16 – 24 marks Louisville Beer Week‘s ninth iteration since returning to life in 2018 following a hiatus of indeterminate length, although I know with certainty that Louisville Craft Beer Week was launched in 2010 because forensic internet evidence cannot be dismissed, as demonstrated here: Louisville Craft Beer Week — Sept. 24 – Oct. […]

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Down One Bourbon Bar has gone down for the count

Down One Bourbon Bar has gone down for the count

Via social media, Down One Bourbon Bar and Restaurant (321 W. Main St.) announced Down One Bourbon Bar and Restaurant has permanently closed. We’re transforming this space into an exciting new experience coming in early 2027. Perhaps a good place to start would be placing local beers in the bucket that says “local beer tastes […]

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Edibles & Potables: “My Porcelain Past” (when the Highlands White Castle closed in 1988)

 As originally published at F&D on December 19, 2023, this post was one of the most viewed of the entire year.  — Fast food restaurants typically don’t fall into Food & Dining Magazine’s coverage perimeter. However, there are exceptions, and today is one. Upon learning that the White Castle in St. Matthews (4020 Shelbyville […]

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KRA Louisville Chapter’s 52nd Annual “A Taste of Louisville” is Wed., Oct. 14

KRA Louisville Chapter’s 52nd Annual “A Taste of Louisville” is Wed., Oct. 14

The Kentucky Restaurant Association’s annual The Taste of Louisville dates to 1974, making it by far the most enduring of food tasting events in the city’s modern history. The 52nd edition of The Taste of Louisville in 2026 will take place at the Mellwood Art Center (1860 Mellwood Avenue) on Wednesday, October 14. Following is […]

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Hip Hops: Culture shock in ME, NH, VT and MA (and Kentuckiana too)

Hip Hops: Culture shock in ME, NH, VT and MA (and Kentuckiana too)

Last week I observed that in 2025… Maine, with only 1,414,874 residents (42nd) had 157 breweries (21st), or 14.2 per capita (2nd). That’s right. Second ― to Vermont nearby, which has 15.4 breweries per capita. When I wrote these words prior to our vacation departure, I knew we’d be visiting Maine. However, Vermont wasn’t on […]

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Norma Jean’s Baked Goods shifts locations in New Albany

Norma Jean’s Baked Goods shifts locations in New Albany

In its original and specific usage, “groundswell” means deep ocean ripples or waves, as initiated by distant storms or seismic events. However, “groundswell” has come to describe certain upsurges in human affairs: a seemingly sudden and rapid expression of collective opinion, usually in support of someone or something. Akin to Beatlemania — or Norma Jean’s, […]

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Pide Point brings Turkish street food to Fern Creek

Pide Point (and at Facebook) is a new chef-owned Turkish restaurant in Fern Creek, which opened in early September. Stone-oven pide, lahmacun, kebabs and köfte — dine in, takeout and delivery at 5404 Delmaria Way. The web site has concise menu assistance. Pide: Turkish boat-shaped flatbread from the stone oven — often called Turkish pizza. Lahmacun: […]

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Apron Inc.’s “10-Taste Experience” on Oct. 11 honors the late Chef Ellen Gill McCarty

Apron Inc.’s “10-Taste Experience” on Oct. 11 honors the late Chef Ellen Gill McCarty

As a preface, here at Food & Dining Magazine we help spread the word about APRON Inc. as often as possible. Apron Inc. was created in 2011 to help provide financial relief to food and beverage industry workers in the Louisville, Kentucky metropolitan area who find themselves in need during times of crises. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, […]

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Hip Hops: Alan Pugsley, Peter Austin and that pre-NEIPA, NE state of mind (and brewing)

Hip Hops: Alan Pugsley, Peter Austin and that pre-NEIPA, NE state of mind (and...

In 2025, Indiana was home to 185 breweries, good for 18th in the United States, which works out to 3.7 breweries per capita (defined as “breweries per 100,000 adults over the age of 21”). That’s a ranking of 28th. Indiana’s population in 2015 was 6,973,333, or 17th in the country. Meanwhile Maine, with only 1,414,874 […]

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